World Cafe

Written from the road, the relentlessly busy Charley Crockett titled his 14th album $10 Cowboy after being called one by a heckler on the street. Crockett joins World Cafe to talk about making the album and how he went from busking on the street to becoming a rising star in the Americana world. It’s Charley Crockett on the next World Cafe.

Dan Boeckner has been in a lot of different bands: Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs and Divine Fits, to name a few. But he had never released a solo album until now. On the next World Cafe, the Canadian musician joins us to talk about why now was the right time to release Boeckner!, what the DIY music scene was like in Vancouver during his early years, plus Dan Boeckner performs songs from his new album. Join us.

One of the premiere singer-songwriter festivals in the US happens along the Emerald Coast in Northwestern Florida. It’s called the 30A Songwriters Festival. Over the next few weeks, we’re taking you there as we broadcast the 30A Sessions, courtesy of our friends at WMOT. This week, Grace Potter performs a set of songs, including some from her latest album, Mother Road. Join us, on the next World Cafe.

In 1989, Soul II Soul released Club Classics Volume One—an album that made an impact on BOTH sides of the Atlantic. World Cafe correspondent John Morrison talks about the British collective brought Jamaican soundsystem culture to England and ended up with a hit in America on a new Culture Corner. Next time on the World Cafe.

When you hear the power and intensity with which Grace Cummings sings, you can’t help but stop and listen. Earlier this month she released Ramona, the follow up to 2022’s Storm Queen. On the next World Cafe, we celebrate the new album by taking a listen back to her first visit to the show. Hear her talk about writing Storm Queen and some one of a kind live recordings.

For Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, songwriting is an art form, but it can also be like solving a math problem. On the next World Cafe, Crutchfield talks about finding the perfect lines of poetry to craft her new album, Tiger’s Blood, and why she doesn’t believe in the “tortured artist” trope. Plus, Waxahatchee performs live in our studio. Join us.